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[TexasFreeper2009]

lol

The Romney smear machine is up and running on Santorum now.

I seriously hate Romney.

[brytlea]

Well, apparently there are no conservatives in the race, I might as well not vote at all.

[libertarian neocon]

People going to Santorum seem to be doing so because they are comparing an unvetted Santorum to a fully vetted Gingrich, which is unfair. Let’s see how they like Santorum after they hear about all his betrayals of conservatism as well as his corruption (like his “leadership PAC” which only spent 18% of its money on candidates, with the money mostly going to everyday expenses like Starbucks and Wal Mart).

[dps.inspect]

Ya, ya, ya... no one is as conservatively pure as Newt or Mitt, bla,bla bla...

[ari-freedom]

“a true conservative, Pat Toomey”

who couldn’t wait to repeal DADT right after he was sworn in.

[First A Patriot]

Romans 3 v. 23

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard.

[Neoliberalnot]

Santorum has a lifetime 95% conservative vote rating from the American Conservative Union. His voting record in the Senate was among the most conservative — not as conservative as Jim DeMint or Rand Paul, but very good. I also believe he understands the times we’re in.

[Red Steel]

Once Santorum starts to challenge the lead, as it is now perceived, the opposition research will begin to be unleash on him.

[kidd]

Clinton WAS impeached. He was impeached by the HOUSE.

It was in the news and its in all the history books. Check it out for yourself.

However SENATOR Santorum voted ‘guilty’ on both accounts (Perjury and Obstruction of Justice)

The article fails. Fails miserably.

[Windflier]

Where’s that popcorn gif when I need it?

[Yaelle]

Ooh, Santo, you are getting close to the target now!! Incoming. Of course the knives come out as you do better and better.

[GVnana]

Your synopsis is one thing, but the diary entries at the link are VERY INTERESTING:

Excerpts from “Catching Our Flag: Behind the Scenes of a Presidential Impeachment” From the Diaries of Congressman James E. Rogan, House Manager, Clinton Impeachment Trial

[RygelXVI]

Seeing threads like this, it's hard to remember FreeRepublic's mission - somehow I don't think its purpose is as a clearinghouse for a vicious smear campaign against Rick Santorum.

Gallup national tracking poll, Jan 31 to Feb 6th, published Feb 7th

Gingrich 22%
Santorum 16%

If & when Santorum moves into 2nd place in national polling, will the vicious backstabbing of Santorum cease? Or will FReepers still go around calling him a baby-killer and accusing him of invading their bedrooms?

[Just mythoughts]

Thank you for posting this. I consider it a tribute to an authentic American Patriot, James Rogan. Amazing isn't it when ‘truth’ is exposed some people want to know who turned on the ‘light’.

Well I remember the outright LIES blaming Newt for the ‘failed’ impeachment. BJClinton was IMPEACHED, NEWT never interfered. IT was the Senate led in part by that sanctimonious Santorum that refused to do his ‘oath’ of office.

[onyx]

He was Senator Chester Lott’s boy!

[Lucky9teen]

So a diary is supposed to prove that Santorum did what exactly?

From what I've read...it appears he continued the impeachment trials....and even pushed for Lewinsky to testify in person...and ended up voting Guilty on the Perjury and Obstruction of Justice charges. So what am I missing?

Senate Sinks Clinton Case Dismissal * With 1 Exception, Senators Stuck To Party Lines In Voting To Go On With Trial, Witnesses.

January 28, 1999|by EDWIN CHEN, RICHARD A. SERRANO And MARC LACEY, The Los Angeles Times Morning Call reporter Pete Leffler contributed to this report.

Senate Republicans rejected a bid to dismiss President Clinton's impeachment trial Wednesday, rammed through their own plan to question three witnesses in the case and then immediately plunged into talks with Democrats on a plan that could end the trial by mid-February.

Although the dismissal motion lost, 56-44, the vote was noteworthy for Democrats -- and Clinton -- because it showed what until now has only been surmised: the two-thirds majority needed to convict the president of "high crimes and misdemeanors" simply is not there, barring some major unforeseen development.

"The president will not be removed from office," Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., declared moments after the votes. "For the good of the country, and in keeping with the Constitution, it is now time to end this trial. It is now time to move on."

But Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., ignored such talk and focused instead on the logistics of deposing the witnesses, all proposed by House Republican prosecutors. "I feel good about where we are, and we'll go forward," Lott said.

The questioning of the witnesses -- Monica S. Lewinsky, whose affair with Clinton sparked the impeachment case, presidential confidant Vernon E. Jordan Jr., and White House aide Sidney Blumenthal -- could occur as soon as this weekend.

As of Wednesday night, however, Lott and Daschle were unable to agree on a blueprint governing the logistics of the depositions, as well as the remainder of the trial.

Before leaving the Capitol, Lott said both sides hoped to unveil an agreement today that will win the blessings of Republicans and Democrats.

The vote approving witnesses mirrored the vote rejecting dismissal -- 56-44. The witness issue had loomed as the most contentious procedural issue since the Senate trial began earlier this month.

Except for a lone Democrat who twice sided with the GOP majority -- Russell D. Feingold of Wisconsin -- the back-to-back votes Wednesday broke along party lines .

U.S. Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa. and Rick Santorum, R-Pa. voted to continue the trial and to subpoena witnesses. Both lawmakers have urged colleagues to allow the proceedings to run their course as the fairest way for both the president and his accusers.

"If you limit one side's ability to present their case," Santorum said Wednesday, "I think you jeopardize the closure that's necessary" to end the ordeal. Specter has declined to comment publicly since the trial started because he is a juror.

Santorum said testimony from witnesses would help him make up his mind on whether Clinton should be convicted of the charges brought by the House.

"I've read the record. I've read the reports. I've read the testimony, and I just don't have a comfort level yet," Santorum said. "I think these witnesses might be able to help me come to resolution."

"Calling witnesses will not serve any good purpose, but will, instead, only intensify the spread of the cancer of the bitter political partisanship on the Senate floor and throughout the nation," said Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., author of the defeated motion to dismiss the trial.

With the approval of the witness list, the immediate challenge facing Lott and Daschle was to agree on the array of details surrounding the depositions -- such as what parties may attend, how much time each witness is to be deposed and whether the sessions will be videotaped.

Some Democrats expressed the hope that the three witnesses will add nothing new to the record -- and thus the White House would forego calling its own witnesses.

In such a case, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., said, the trial could then go right to final arguments and then votes on the two articles of impeachment.

Republicans had offered a plan that they said could end the proceeding within 10 days -- if the president's lawyers do not call witnesses.

The GOP plan also contained a proposal to allow the Senate to adopt a "finding of fact," putting the chamber on record as stating that the allegations against Clinton are true -- but not require members to formally convict him, which would automatically lead to removal from office. But Democrats are vehemently opposed to that suggestion.

Another snag surfaced when some Republican senators expressed opposition to a plan to set a time for the trial to end -- because they fear that might foreclose the opportunity to call live witnesses, as sought by the House prosecutors, sources said Wednesday night.

Before leaving the Capitol for the night, Lott and Daschle said the two sides were narrowing their differences and that the final plan could end the trial by Feb. 12.

The two key roll-call votes early Wednesday afternoon came after more than 55 hours of arguments by House GOP prosecutors and White House lawyers and on the 13th day of the nation's second-ever presidential impeachment trial.

Aside from Feingold, the other 44 Senate Democrats voted to dismiss the case. Thus even if all 55 Republicans voted to oust Clinton, they would need 12 Democrats to join them to reach the required two-thirds majority.

By prior agreement, there was no floor debate preceding Wednesday's votes. Each had been debated by the Senate in closed sessions earlier this week.

If the three witnesses could be deposed this weekend, Lott said, the trial could resume as early as Tuesday.

[true believer forever]

For anyone who takes the time to read this, it is truly a study of Sanctimonium’s character and his oft-lauded “standing on principled conservatism”.

To sum the article up, Newt the Sinner, protected the Constitution and fought the lonely battle. Saint Sanctimonium did the bidding of Trent Lott, and when people challenged him, stormed out of the room, in one of his famous hissy fits.

No need to even discuss Sanctimonium’s duplicity, and playing both sides against one another. But then, he’s the sinless saint, so let’s vote for a coward, and backstabber. He’s a holier-than-thou hypocrite, who points out the planks in other’s eyes, without knowing he is nearly blinded by the one in his own.

I am going to go back and read the article again. Thanks so much for posting. Seeing how people react in everyday situations, where sometimes the greatest most meaningful battles are waged, often opens eyes and puts things into everyday life terms that people can relate to and picture their ownselves in... What’s clear, though, is the behind-closed-doors Santorum doesn’t exactly line up with the perfect-conservative public Santorum. Thanks again.

[Tribune7]

At this point, maybe,just maybe, it might be a real good idea to refrain from posts that rip Newt and/or Santorum for sins committed in the '90s.

I, for one, really don't want Mitt Romney as the nominee.

[itsahoot]

Who made this statement?

I don't care if you have video tape of him raping and killing a girl on the white house lawn, he is not going to be impeached.best recollect from my memory

Hint it was not Santorum.